We are a Jesus Church, radically pursuing the fulfillment of The Great Commission in our day.

We exist to know Jesus, follow Jesus, and lead others to do the same. To ignite an everyday, disciple-making movement.

JESUS OVER EVERYTHING

At Elevate City, the primary topic of conversation is Jesus: Jesus’ story, Jesus’ character, Jesus’ ways, Jesus’ teachings.

We want to introduce people to the power that is found in Jesus’ name. The freedom found in Jesus’ name. The hope found in Jesus’ name. The life found in Jesus’ name. John 17:3 says, “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”

The only definition for eternal life in the entire Bible is: knowing Jesus. There is no real, eternal, lasting, vibrant life apart from knowing Jesus. This is why we are a Jesus-church, a Jesus-people, trying to tell everyone the Jesus-story. For us, everything is secondary to Jesus. We elevate Jesus’ name, live life Jesus’ way, and won’t stop until Jesus’ fame is over everything!

The scriptures that we build this upon:

Acts 2:22-47, Matthew 22:33-40, Colossians 1:15-20, John 1:1-18, Philippians 2:1-11, Hebrews 1:1-14, John 3:14-15, Acts 4:12, John 14:6, Matthew 16:13-28, 1 Timothy 6:14-16, Hebrews 12:1-2, Colossians 2:9-10, Psalm 57:5, Matthew 28:18-20, John 17:3

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WE ARE PEOPLE OF A BOOK

We are people of a book. Our understanding of God is not shaped primarily by experience, tradition, popular opinion, culture, or what we’re comfortable with. Our understanding of God is shaped by the Word of God. The scriptures are our first source, our final authority, the greatest love story ever written, and the best part of it all: it’s true!

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WE ARE PEOPLE OF HIS PRESENCE

The Psalms state that God’s presence is better than life. That better is one day in his courts than thousands elsewhere. 99 times in the book of Psalms we are told to sing. Jesus said, “My house will be called a house of prayer.” In the book of Acts, people could recognize that the early church had been “with Jesus”—we want the same to be said about us. If His presence doesn’t go with us, we don’t go. When it comes to being with him, we’re not in a hurry. We are a community who believes in “thin-spaces”, Spirit encounters, and has a revival or bust mindset. We are a community of awe and wonder.

OUR PRAYER & WORSHIP GATHERINGS
IN ATLANTA AS IT IS IN HEAVEN

The Kingdom of Heaven was Jesus’ primary topic of conversation. The center of the famous ‘Lord’s Prayer’ was seeing heaven invade earth. More than just doing church, we want to see the Kingdom come. Our cities, streets, schools, neighborhoods and families should look radically different because Elevate City is there. We seek the welfare of our cities, bring light to dark places, create beauty like our Creator, and aim to see earth and Atlanta look more like heaven. This means that our expression of Church is not segregated by race, class, or generation. We are a multicultural, multigenerational expression of heaven on earth.

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WE DO THE JESUS STUFF

Radical obedience is normal for us. We love God and neighbor. We live the Sermon on the Mount. We abide to bear fruit. We gather for sabbath worship. We announce the Kingdom. We preach the gospel. We study the scriptures. We pray the supernatural. We heal the sick. We care for the least of these. We pursue reconciliation. We deny ourselves. We seek the will of the Father. We see church as a family. We fast regularly. We give sacrificially. And we do it all full of grace and truth. We don’t water down Christianity—we do the Jesus stuff.

LIVE LIKE JESUS
WE ARE PUTTING DISCIPLESHIP BACK INTO THE HANDS OF EVERDAY PEOPLE

At Elevate City, the Great Commission is our lead strategy. We aren’t as interested in attracting attenders as we are with equipping multipliers. We believe in deep, relational, spiritual formation. We want everyone to be equipped with the tools to become a fully formed disciple-making disciple. EQUIP, EQUIP X, and small groups multiplying are our core book of business. The scriptural mandate of every man, woman, boy and girl is: multiply. Let us show you how.

EXPERIENCE EQUIP
THE NOW GENERATION

We don’t believe kids and students are the church of tomorrow, we believe they are the church of today! We don’t see kids as the next generation, we see them as the NOW generation. We will do everything possible to help them encounter Jesus, fall in love with church, and lead the way in the Kingdom. We are committed to raising up the next generation of Kingdom leaders and leaving the Church better than we found it. Get ready for your kids to be begging you to go to church because this isn’t just childcare—this is the Great Commission.

ELEVATE KIDS
A CULTURE CALLED JOY

The gospel was first described as good news of great joy. We are recapturing that original message. We are shattering the stereotype that church is supposed to be boring. We are defiantly opposed to a form of religion that is exhausting. We are creating a culture where we understand the Father heart of God; where we have childlike faith, think fun is fundamental, laugh til it hurts, adventure into the unknown, rest well, become cheerful givers and see it as the great joy of our life to get to do this. What does it feel like to be a part of Elevate City Church? An absolute joy.

GIVE TODAY
UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS

Our heart beats for the nations, breaks for the next generation, and is moved with compassion towards the masses who don’t yet know Jesus. We will take the message of Jesus to the atheist, doubter, skeptic, addict, and unreached people group. We will multiply campuses, plant churches, send mission trips, engage the unreached, and run into places other people are running out of. We believe the world is changed one person at a time. The gospel of the Kingdom will be preached unto all nations until Jesus returns. The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

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OUR STORY

In January 2019, God gave us the vision of launching a church in the Sandy Springs area called Elevate City Church. This vision was birthed out of an unshakeable passion to reach the millennial generation and generations to come. To introduce this generation to a wave of Jesus culture that would wake the world to the greatness of Jesus Christ.

2019 had no clue what 2020 would have in store. The obstacles have been unbelievable, but not too big for our unstoppable God.

Elevate City launched on October 4, 2020 at The Springs Cinema & Taphouse in Sandy Springs, GA.

Planted in a pandemic. Established in exile. Elevate City is built different. We are people of a defiant faith. We choose faith over fear and we choose Jesus over everything.

2000 years ago, a small group of people turned the world upside down in Jesus name.

We are here to do it again.

We are for the forgotten & the follower. For the wanderer & the worshiper. For the doubter & the disciple. For a generation & generations to come. For Jesus & His name elevated forevermore.

Join us at our NEW HOME! Sunday’s at 9 & 11am at 7770 Roswell Rd, Sandy Springs, GA 30350 or LIVE ONLINE.

We believe this is the church you have been waiting for. We hope to see you this Sunday!

Why Sandy Springs and why another Church?

In 2017, Forbes Magazine ranked Sandy Springs, GA the number 10 city nationally for millennials to live. Millennials (born 1981-1996) now represent the largest population in the American workforce. By the year 2025, 75% of the American workforce will be millennial. (Which means that somehow we found a way—miraculously—to climb out of our parents’ basements and got jobs).

Sandy Springs is one of the top 30 fastest growing cities in America.It is the fastest growing city in all of Georgia. Surpassing Atlanta as well. The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell region is the ninth most populous metro area in the nation and it experienced the third largest growth over the last two years, a new census report shows. Sandy Springs also has one of the highest ratios of Fortune 500 companies per capita in the U.S., including the worldwide headquarters for UPS and Newell Rubbermaid.

The millennial generation is who drew us to this city but we are for all generations. No matter your age, stage, or phase of life. We are FOR you.

X Multiply is our 10 year vision to ignite a disciple making movement that changes the world.

We pray that in 2033 this can be said of our Church:
To know Jesus, follow Jesus, & lead others to do the same is our greatest passion.
In eager anticipation of the 2000-year anniversary of the Great Commission, we’ve multiplied.
We’ve become a non-stop house of prayer who truly believes His presence is better than life.
We’ve ignited a disciple-making movement with a culture of deep, spiritual formation across every life stage that’s full of grace and truth. “Who’s your 3” is now common language.
Our cities have heard about the beauty of Jesus, as evidenced by the 344,869 bold gospel conversations.
We’ve celebrated 365 baptisms every year, as Jesus adds to our number day-by-day those who are being saved.
Fully dependent on the Spirit of Jesus, darkness is pushed back, and the Kingdom of Light is advancing. People are being loved, the poor are being served, and the prisoners are being set free in Jesus’ name.
We’ve gone to the nations. We’ve engaged 5 unreached people groups, planted 5 international churches, and sent 100 mission trips around the world.
We’ve impacted the NowGen with over 100,000 kids & students experiencing Jesus at camp.
We’ve equipped the saints for ministry with over 100 future leaders trained through our Leadership Development Program.
We’ve become a movement of 10 campuses/church plants that are Jesus-centered, discipleship-driven, and transformation-focused houses of worship.
And we’ve generously given whatever it takes to see Jesus' Great Commission realized and to live into a story way bigger than ourselves.
We have songs that tell our story, some scars from the journey, but so much joy in our hearts because we know Jesus is infinitely worth it.

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THE CHURCH WE SEE

We see a Jesus church. A church captivated by His scandalous grace, compelled by the passion of His cross, and centered on His Kingdom culture.

We see a church beyond what the world can imagine. A church whose radical growth can only be explained by the promise that Jesus builds His church and the gates of hell can’t stop it.

We see a church that challenges the conventional idea of "church.” We see an everyday kind of church. A church that knows breakthrough happens on Sundays but movements start on Mondays. We see a church full of everyday people equipped with the message of the gospel and the weapons of grace to bring hope to a generation.

We see a church that starts a new wave of Jesus-centered discipleship. A church that opens people's eyes to a countercultural way of Jesus following that feels first century.

We see a church of defiant faith. A church that believes in miracles, follows the Spirit, is ready for revival and doesn’t think anyone is too far gone. We see a church full of dreamers, pioneers, explorers, people on a rescue mission to reach a searching generation.

We see a church whose influence knows no end.

We see a church where relationships are fought for and injustice is fought against. A church where loneliness is forgotten and isolation is eradicated. A church where we chase after the one until there is no one. A church where people feel like “Loved” is their middle name.

We see a church devoted to raising up a generation of dangerous Jesus followers. A church where the youth aren’t just the leaders of tomorrow but the influencers of today.

We see a church marked by courage and dependent on the Spirit of Jesus. A church who is running into places people are running out of. A church who bleeds boldness and leaves transformation wherever we go.

We see a church full of passionate participants and sacrificial givers. A church whose worship shows that the worth of Jesus is unrivaled. A church who holds nothing back but gives their all because all has been given to them, in Jesus.

We see a church built on prayer. A church who prays believing in the reality of heaven colliding with earth. We see a church who unapologetically stands on the Scriptures and fiercely believes God’s word breathes life into dry bones.

We see a church that preaches, sings, sends, and lives in the reality that there is no other name under heaven by which men must be saved. A church whose obsession, passion, and devotion is Jesus, Jesus, only Jesus and His name elevated forevermore.

We see this as our church. And we pray you see it too.

- Joey & Kayla McLaughlin

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